By Associated Press - Wednesday, July 31, 2019

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police say a man and woman were found dead in southwest Philadelphia in an apparent murder-suicide.

A police spokeswoman says a 32-year-old woman was shot once in the right eye shortly before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The spokeswoman says a man about 30 years old shot himself in the head and was pronounced dead shortly after the woman was shot.



Police say a cousin of the female victim found both people in the front bedroom of the home. Names of the deceased weren’t immediately released.

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